We are pleased to announce the second Virus Genomics and Evolution conference. This meeting will provide a multidisciplinary forum for scientists interested in the genomics and evolutionary analysis of viruses and will address the fundamental questions of viral origins, transmission and pathogenesis.

Virus genome sequencing is now widespread and the conference will showcase advances in viral genomics, bioinformatics and sequencing technology. Genomic studies have provided major insights into the epidemiology transmission and pathogenesis of viral infections, and are increasingly being applied to patient management and public health. The conference will cover the genomics of epidemic and non-epidemic viruses, emerging viral infections and pathogen discovery.

This meeting will bring together international participants working in diagnostic and public health, who are generating data from clinical samples, with evolutionary biologists and bioinformaticians, who are developing methods and models to interrogate the genomic data.

We welcome the submission of abstracts from all areas relevant to the main themes of the meeting. Several oral presentations will be chosen from the submitted abstracts.

The conference will start at 12.00 on Monday 18 June and close at 13.30 on Wednesday 20 June 2018.

Scientific programme committee Judith Breuer University College London, UKAndrew Rambaut University of Edinburgh, UKEmma Thomson University of Glasgow, UK

Keynote speakersElodie Ghedin New York University, USAMike Worobey University of Arizona, USA

Confirmed speakers

Simon Frost University of
Cambridge, UK

Mary Kate Grabowski Johns Hopkins University, USA

Yonatan Grad Harvard TH Chan
School of Public Health, USA

Nicholas Grassly Imperial College
London, UK

Katie Hampson University of
Glasgow, UK

Christian Happi Redeemer's University, Nigeria

Tan Le Van Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, Vietnam

Katrina Lythgoe University of Oxford, UK

Martha Nelson Fogarty International Center, USA

Malik Peiris University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Moriah Szpara Pennsylvania State University, USA

Emma Teeling University College Dublin, Ireland

Lia van der Hoek University of Amsterdam, Netherlands

David Wentworth Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, USA

Conference organiserZoey Willard Wellcome Genome Campus, UK

Registration Fees:

Early Bird*

until 24 April 2018

Standard Rate

from 25 April 2018

Student

No accommodation

£255

£355

Student

On site twin accommodation

£359

£459

Student

On site single accommodation

£425

£525

Academic

No accommodation

£355

£455

Academic

On site twin accommodation

£459

£559

Academic

On site single accommodation

£525

£625

Commercial

No accommodation

£455

£555

Commercial

On site twin accommodation

£559

£659

Commercial

On site single accommodation

£625

£725

The registration fee includes entrance to the lectures and poster sessions, an abstract book, meals (lunch and dinner) and refreshments during the conference. Breakfast will be provided for delegates who have booked accommodation.

*Owing to space constraints, the early-bird discount rate is limited to 100 delegates.

AccommodationAccommodation is provided for the nights of 18 and 19 June 2018, when booked with your conference registration. Please note: there is limited onsite accommodation and this will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis. Therefore, early registration is recommended.

Accommodation is also available at the Red Lion in Hinxton and Holiday Inn Express, Duxford. A complimentary shuttle to and from the
Wellcome Genome Campus Conference Centre will be provided from the Holiday Inn Express. The Red Lion in Hinxton is a short walk to the campus. If you need other accommodation suggestions, please contact the conference organiser.

We welcome abstracts from all areas relevant to the main themes of the meeting, for both oral and poster presentations. Several oral presentations will be chosen from the abstracts submitted.

Abstracts will only be considered from registered delegates. Please use our online abstract submission system and follow the instructions given to ensure your abstract is submitted correctly. All abstracts must be submitted by the deadline. If you are intending to submit more than one abstract, please contact the conference organiser prior to registration.

The scientific programme committee will assess your abstract after the deadline has passed and you will be notified whether you have been selected for an oral or poster presentation.

Poster boards onsite will accommodate 118 cm high by 84 cm wide (A0- portrait) of printed material. Accepted abstracts will appear in the conference programme book and poster boards will be allocated at the conference.

Poster prizeA poster prize will be awarded by Virus Evolution to the author of the best scientific poster at this year’s conference.The prize will be awarded to the poster that presents compelling new research in the field of virus evolution.

Virus Evolution is a new open access journal, published by Oxford University Press. The journal was voted ‘Best New Journal’ at the 2017 PROSE Awards.

A limited number of registration bursaries are available for PhD students to attend this conference (up to 50% of the standard registration fee) from Wellcome Genome Campus Scientific Conferences.